Month: October 2017

How would you like a 10,474% return on your investment dollar? Here is how you could have achieved that seemingly amazing number. If you had invested $1000 in Aluminum Company of America (now Alcoa) in 1917 you would now have $105,743.77 - a return of exactly 10,474%* (please see referenced Forbes article below). Note that …

If you are a US based investor, you can be forgiven for ignoring Emerging Market stocks over the last few years. Investors tend to gravitate towards good returns and Emerging Market returns have been anything but good in recent years. However, things are looking up for this overlooked asset class. 2016 was the first positive …

I remember picking up my one and a half year old daughter from her nanny's house a few years ago. I walked into the backyard to find my daughter climbing a tall "jungle gym" - the nanny was watching from about 40 feet away. I immediately ran over to catch my daughter in case she …